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Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today?I’m sitting once again with Francis’s beloved disciple, Chiara. At least, she used to lie here, one foot away from where Lahari and I are sitting—for 600 years! The empty coffin is just a short flight of stairs up...

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “What all felt most important in the shrines you visited in Assisi?”  Well, the first was the Porziuncola. I was struck by the perseverance and complete surrender to God’s will it took for Francis to rebuild...

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? Christmas has been a big energy this year. Helping the devotees tune into Christ and his story took big swaths of the ashram’s energy, by many of the residents. They all grew from putting out that kind of energy and...

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? Well, today’s the day. Our annual 8-hour Christmas meditation to honor your incarnation, as The Christ. Lord, You are so beloved, and so dear. We really do want to join You, to feel Your presence, to know Your will...

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “We want you to learn persistence. You too often expect miracles overnight. But spiritual growth is not so much like fireworks but rather more often like a small volcano. It’s a way to push the impediments of your...

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “Today it’s about loyalty. If one wants to progress on the spiritual path, one needs to stick to one map, not mixing and matching among various maps to get to the goal. Choose one path and follow it all the way to...